In episode one, Mike and Denese will take on an early 1900s family property wrought with tight and dysfunctional spaces, but brimming with special historic features. To restore order to the home, they'll tear down walls, create an open kitchen and dining area and build a large mudroom and spa-like bathrooms. As the season continues, Mike and Denese will overcome choppy rooms and wasted square footage for more clients and work with their dads — master carpenters John Butler and Peter Doyle — to deliver one-of-a-kind projects for each family, including an island with a built-in bench seat and a repurposed antique chest.

Over the years, a couple's home has turned into a maze of additions with six staircases, seven types of flooring and three balconies; Mike and Denese look to finally wrangle their house into shape with a design plan that will suit their family.

A couple is living in a house that was his bachelor pad for 20 years, and it's still crazy with features including a stairway to nowhere. Mike and Denese are challenged with creating a sleek, sophisticated space they can both happily agree on.